Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 01:06 -0400, Melvin Ray Herr wrote: and this is very time consuming to learn In general, the more versatile the tool, the more time consuming it is to learn. I learned to use paint effectively in just a few minutes and after several years I'm still learning how to use

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 08:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 01:13 -0400, Melvin Ray Herr wrote: example of what inkscape can create/edit. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inkscape0.45.png No doubt about it, this isn't a deformed animal, but it's still airbrush like.

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread bart deruyter
I am sceptic too about workflow and ease of working to get to a certain result but in my opinion though, many, if not most think in a strange way about the tools and workflows offered. It's like the discussion I've heard oh so often about synthesizers and synthesized sounds, discussions about the

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 10:09 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: If you want a real drawing on a computer, grab a pencil and paper and draw, then scan it in. If you want digital images, use your computer, fiddle around with vector graphics or 3D graphics or even gimp, mypaint and equivalents. If you

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-26 Thread bart deruyter
Ralf, A commonly used way is to let inkscape trace it automatically: path-trace bitmap. The results are not perfect, far from it, but it is a way to get a starting point that is managable in combination with 'path - simplify' when needed. I use that technique very often when I'm asked to make a

[solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 23:12 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9N7F2friMfeature=related Apologize, by all the short and quick views I had to do, I didn't see that it's a picture drawn with what app ever and then they show how to draw the dog in a way, they all did with

PS: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I now understand how it works using a mouse. With a sporting injury the tons of movements and clicks do hurt too much. Even if it won't cause pain for me, IMO it has less to do with drawing. It's more constructing a picture and for me it doesn't make fun at the moment. It's easy to draw wrongly

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread HaPK
To draw with vectors is harder than drawing with pixels. To work with Bezier curves you need to understand, a bit, mathematically how they work, and then you may have a bit more control over them. Even though, to start drawing with vectors only is very difficult, it's easier to have something to

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Melvin Ray Herr
and this is very time consuming to learn In general, the more versatile the tool, the more time consuming it is to learn. I learned to use paint effectively in just a few minutes and after several years I'm still learning how to use photoshop. However, I can now whip out a design that paint users

Re: [solved] How to use Inkscape? - objects and nodes

2012-08-25 Thread Melvin Ray Herr
example of what inkscape can create/edit. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inkscape0.45.png On Aug 26, 2012 1:06 AM, Melvin Ray Herr stilllear...@thettpost.com wrote: and this is very time consuming to learn In general, the more versatile the tool, the more time consuming it is to learn.